Child’s spirit education and its importance

Among the texts published on the subject, there are two which stand out
- one from Allan Kardec, published in February 1864 the Spirit Magazine,
entitled "First Moral Lessons for Childhood", and the other from
Emmanuel, the constant of the cap XXXV of the work that bears his name,
psychographed in 1938 by medium Chico Xavier.

It seems that in the midst spirits nobody has doubts about the importance
of childhood’s education performed at home and supplemented at the spiritist
institution. What it can be observed, with regard to the subject, is a kind of
accommodation or indifference that causes both at home and in the Spiritual
Center, the task is relegated to second place or even neglected.

The modern parents, spiritists or not, tend to adopt a strange and
paradoxical procedure. Take their children to swimming, to ballet, to judo, the
English class, the music academy, paid services and above the financial means
of many parents, but they do not take them to childhood school education which
the Spiritual Center and churches in general offer for free.

And likewise they do not lead to the spiritist house, they also forget
that the home is the first school and within it, beyond education by example,
the practice of Gospel at home is an important element, which many ignore by
complete.

In addition, there are spiritists parents who want it but they do not
find acceptability by their children involved with other subjects and
interests.

Once, a lady asked to one well-known speaker to convince her young
daughters to attend the Gospel at home that she and her husband remained at
home, the couple performed the task alone and that there was no way to make
them participate.

The speaker asked the youth why they did not participate. They said the
reason was time: Sunday, 9 am, it was not a good time. At that time they would
rather be in the city club with their friends. The speaker suggested so to do
the meeting earlier: at 8, at 7, at 6 o’clock... The youth replied:
"There's too early and we're still asleep." "How about then in
the afternoon or evening?" And them: "It can’t be, because we already
have committed these times."

It can be seen by the example above, what it is missing in many cases,
is goodwill, understanding the importance of the task, aware that in life we
can not only take care of the body - that is perishable and transitory -
ignoring the needs of the soul - which is immortal and permanent.

In the text of Emmanuel reported, the
spiritual benefactor says: "All social reforms needed in your times of
spiritual indecision, must be carried out on the basis of the Gospel. How? - Be
able to object to us. For education, we will reply". (Emmanuel, Chapter
XXXV - Evangelical Education.)

Regarding Kardecian thinking, it is always
good to remember what Allan Kardec wrote about teaching brought to Earth by
Jesus.

Here it is:

“It can be
divided into five materials parts contained in the Gospels: the
ordinary acts of life of Christ, the miracles, the predictions; the words that
have been taken by the Church to ground its dogmas, and moral education.
The first four have been the subject of controversy, the last, however, has
kept up constantly unchallenged. Given this divine code, unbelief itself bows.
It is the land where all faiths can get together, banner under which they can
all put up, whatever their beliefs, because it has never constituted matters of
religious disputes that always and everywhere originated dogmatic issues.
Furthermore, if it is discussed, sects would be found their own condemnation,
as in most, they cling more to the mystique than to the moral part, requiring
reform to each one. For men in particular, that code is a rule of conduct that
covers all circumstances of private life and public life, the basic principle
of all social relations that are based on the most rigorous justice. And
finally, and above all, the infallible roadmap for the coming happiness,
a lifting of a tip of the veil that hides the afterlife." (The Gospel
According to Spiritism, Introduction, I.) (We highlighted)